Boot fails after upgrade. 1. depscan.sh prints content of functions.sh 2. The directory /var/lib/init.d/started does not exist (ie is REMOVED on reboot and not created on boot) 3. so, runscript.sh not able to create symlinks... 4. svcmount="no" doesn't work did not even find a line testing it in /etc/init.d (/etc/conf.d/rc) 5. Changing svcdir does not solve the problem 6. I found "svcdir=/mnt/.init.d" in functions.sh, why? Changing it does not solve the problem, nor does using it in /etc/conf.d/rc I saw a bug report about /var used before mounted (can't remember #) Given item 5, I changed /var to be under / and not a partition. Does not work. Comented out lines that mount /var/lib/init.d and ran into further trouble. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Take a deep breathe 2. Boot the Machine 3. Scream steps 1 & 3 are optional. Actual Results: Lots of error messages about symlinks and syntax errors in init scripts. Some services not started, keymap not loaded, etc... Expected Results: Boot the system. Portage 2.0.48-r5 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.21-rc6-ac1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family 1266MH z GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linu x/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share /config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ mad mikm od mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xv zlib directf b gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex bonobo svga tcltk java guile sdl gpm tcp d pam libwww perl python esd imlib oggvorbis qt motif opengl mozilla gphoto2 cdr scanner X gtk gnome alsa ssl imap xmms xft kde gtk2 moznoirc moznomail moznocom pose" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
good luck
what version of baselayout did you upgrade to ? did you use a binary package to install baselayout (i got same errors after using binary package ... re-emerging via source fixed it)
Right, binary package is not supported (Check top of ebuild). The config and contents of some of the files is also trouble some - points to a pretty broken baselayout install (files from different versions). Can you do like vapier said, and remerge it not from binary package ?
I did not use binary packages. And sorry but i had to reinstall the box with something else as it was a needed workstation.
we can't track this down any further.
